Transcript 11/11/2011 - Denise Bonnin
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:15 pm
Denise Bonnin
Jersey City, NJ
Doula
Denise loves her family so much she wants to buy a home nearer to where they live. She now lives about an hour away but she wants to be closer. She is a doula, which is a non-medical support system for women during pregnancy, childbirth and after. She loves the work but it doesn't pay as much as her previous job as a podiatrist. She needs to build up a little cash.
Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Hemingway at Home
9 - Oldie but Goodie
8 - Rebellious Moments
7 - Fruits From Abroad
6 - Over the Wires
5 - Natural Choice
4 - Famous First
3 - Breakfast of Champions
2 - Tools of the Trade
1 - House Hunting
Topic Tree: (randomized)
8 - Rebellious Moments
1 - House Hunting
3 - Breakfast of Champions
9 - Oldie but Goodie
2 - Tools of the Trade
5 - Natural Choice
10 - Hemingway at Home
7 - Fruits From Abroad
4 - Famous First
6 - Over the Wires
Question #1 (Over the Wires - Level 6)
From what city did American humorist Robert Benchley send his editor a telegram that read "Streets flooded. Please advise"?
A - Dublin
B - Madrid
C - Venice
D - Prague
"There's lots of water in," Denise observes.
Question #2 (Famous First - Level 4)
In 2011, Chaz Bono said he'd avoid reading Internet comments after becoming the first transgender person to compete on what show?
A - Celebrity Apprentice
B - Dancing with the Stars
C - Celebrity Rehab
D - The Biggest Loser
Denise is watching this show and Chaz is doing great.
Question #3 (Fruits From Abroad - Level 7)
In 1908, plant explorer Frank Meyer brought from China a popular variety of what fruit which now bears his name?
A - apple
B - lemon
C - cherry
D - pear
Denise is sure that it's
Question #4 (Hemingway at Home - Level 10)
Known for setting his stories abroad, what Ernest Hemingway novel did Time magazine call his "only novel with a U.S. background"?
A - A Farewell to Arms
B - The Sun Also Rises
C - To Have and Have Not
D - For Whom the Bell Tolls
Denise isn't certain. She could either ask the audience or jump the question. "If I jump I could jump over a lot of money," she notes. But then she'd be done with the question. Meredith replies that if she misses the question she'd be done with the game. Denise isn't ready to be done so she jumps the question.
Question #5 (Natural Choice - Level 5)
At Google's global headquarters, the company has used goat herds as an environmentally friendly method to do what?
A - deliver messages
B - make ice cream
C - shred messages
D - mow lawns
Denise says she thought about even before the answers came up, so that's going to be her final answer.
commercial break
Denise's mother, Michaeline, is in the relationship seat.
Question #6 (Tools of the Trade - Level 2)
A saliva ejector is a tool often used by what type of medical professional?
A - chiropractor
B - podiatrist
C - dentist
D - optometrist
Question #7 (Oldie but Goodie - Level 9)
When 85-year-old Tony Bennett became the oldest living performer to top the Billboard 200 in 2011, he beat out what former record holder?
A - Bob Dylan
B - Aretha Franklin
C - Barry Manilow
D - Elton John
"Those are all good choices," Denise comments. She thinks the audience can help so she'll ask them.
"Thanks, guys," Denise says.
"Boy did you guys blow it," Meredith adds. She asks if Denise was leaning toward any of them and Denise replies In medical school she had a saying - "Don't think so much; just answer the question." That was really easy when there wasn't money to win. If she uses her jump she has no more lifelines but if she gets it wrong she just goes home. She decides to jump the question.
Question #8 (Breakfast of Champions - Level 3)
To bulk up for competition, what sport's athletes consume vast amounts of a traditional stew called chankonabe?
A - curling
B - sumo wrestling
C - squash
D - swimming
Question #9 (House Hunting - Level 1)
In real estate listings, "a/g pl" stands for a swimming pool that is what?
A - avant-garde
B - artificial gold
C - argyle
D - aboveground
Denise says she'll take any pool.
commercial break
Question #10 (Rebellious Moments - Level 8)
The 1846 uprising by California settlers against Mexican rule is better known as what?
A - Bear Flag Revolt
B - Green Corn Rebellion
C - Know-Nothing Riot
D - Black Patch War
Denise says she's leaning toward something. Meredith asks what. She replies that Denise is going to take a leap of faith and answer the question.
CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE
$100K - Which of the following words is used to describe when someone raises the price of a house as a contract is being signed?
A - wazump
B - shazump
C - gazump
D - fazump
Meredith tells Denise that on the last question she risked $18,000, but now she'd only be risking about $13,000. Denise has no idea; she's never heard any of these words. Meredith says she needs to learn it since she's thinking about buying a house. It's a good question to guess on. She notes the options, and decides to guess. She doesn't think it's That's what she's going to guess and if she misses, she's OK. The audience applauds and Meredith cautions them that it's bad to do that before they know whether she's right or wrong because it misleads.
commercial break
Aside from the house, Denise would like to pay off medical bills by writing a single check. But if she has to choose, she wants the house so her 4-year old son has some place to run around. Denise hasn't looked back at her mother because she'd cry. She knows that her mother is super proud of her.
$250K - Thanks to a giant crater on its surface, what Saturnian moon is often said to resemble the Death Star from the movie "Star Wars"?
A - Rhea
B - Mimas
C - Hyperion
D - Titan
"Giant crater, Saturnian moon, Death Star...there's no hints in there," Denise says. "I just have to know this answer, and I don't." She'll walk away with $100,000.
THE END OF GAME "NOISE"
Jersey City, NJ
Doula
Denise loves her family so much she wants to buy a home nearer to where they live. She now lives about an hour away but she wants to be closer. She is a doula, which is a non-medical support system for women during pregnancy, childbirth and after. She loves the work but it doesn't pay as much as her previous job as a podiatrist. She needs to build up a little cash.
Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Hemingway at Home
9 - Oldie but Goodie
8 - Rebellious Moments
7 - Fruits From Abroad
6 - Over the Wires
5 - Natural Choice
4 - Famous First
3 - Breakfast of Champions
2 - Tools of the Trade
1 - House Hunting
Topic Tree: (randomized)
8 - Rebellious Moments
1 - House Hunting
3 - Breakfast of Champions
9 - Oldie but Goodie
2 - Tools of the Trade
5 - Natural Choice
10 - Hemingway at Home
7 - Fruits From Abroad
4 - Famous First
6 - Over the Wires
Question #1 (Over the Wires - Level 6)
From what city did American humorist Robert Benchley send his editor a telegram that read "Streets flooded. Please advise"?
A - Dublin
B - Madrid
C - Venice
D - Prague
"There's lots of water in
Spoiler
Venice
Spoiler
Answer: C (Venice)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000
Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000
In 2011, Chaz Bono said he'd avoid reading Internet comments after becoming the first transgender person to compete on what show?
A - Celebrity Apprentice
B - Dancing with the Stars
C - Celebrity Rehab
D - The Biggest Loser
Denise is watching this show and Chaz is doing great.
Spoiler
Answer: B (Dancing with the Stars)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $10,000
Value: $3,000
Bank: $10,000
In 1908, plant explorer Frank Meyer brought from China a popular variety of what fruit which now bears his name?
A - apple
B - lemon
C - cherry
D - pear
Denise is sure that it's
Spoiler
"lemons, Meyer lemons".
Spoiler
Answer: B (lemon)
Value: $500
Bank: $10,500
Value: $500
Bank: $10,500
Known for setting his stories abroad, what Ernest Hemingway novel did Time magazine call his "only novel with a U.S. background"?
A - A Farewell to Arms
B - The Sun Also Rises
C - To Have and Have Not
D - For Whom the Bell Tolls
Denise isn't certain. She could either ask the audience or jump the question. "If I jump I could jump over a lot of money," she notes. But then she'd be done with the question. Meredith replies that if she misses the question she'd be done with the game. Denise isn't ready to be done so she jumps the question.
Spoiler
Answer: C (To Have and Have Not)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $10,500 (unchanged)
"That's OK, I'll make more," Denise says.
Value: $25,000
Bank: $10,500 (unchanged)
"That's OK, I'll make more," Denise says.
At Google's global headquarters, the company has used goat herds as an environmentally friendly method to do what?
A - deliver messages
B - make ice cream
C - shred messages
D - mow lawns
Denise says she thought about
Spoiler
mowing lawns
Spoiler
Answer: D (mow lawns)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $11,500
Meredith says the company rents the goats from a firm called "California Grazins".
Value: $1,000
Bank: $11,500
Meredith says the company rents the goats from a firm called "California Grazins".
Denise's mother, Michaeline, is in the relationship seat.
Question #6 (Tools of the Trade - Level 2)
A saliva ejector is a tool often used by what type of medical professional?
A - chiropractor
B - podiatrist
C - dentist
D - optometrist
Spoiler
Denise says that she was once a podiatrist and she didn't use a saliva ejector. She says that saliva comes from the mouth and dentists work on the mouth.
Spoiler
Answer: C (dentist)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $21,500
Value: $10,000
Bank: $21,500
When 85-year-old Tony Bennett became the oldest living performer to top the Billboard 200 in 2011, he beat out what former record holder?
A - Bob Dylan
B - Aretha Franklin
C - Barry Manilow
D - Elton John
"Those are all good choices," Denise comments. She thinks the audience can help so she'll ask them.
ATA results
A - 22%
B - 25%
C - 27%
D - 26%
B - 25%
C - 27%
D - 26%
"Boy did you guys blow it," Meredith adds. She asks if Denise was leaning toward any of them and Denise replies
Spoiler
"Aretha Franklin".
Spoiler
Answer: A (Bob Dylan)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $21,500 (unchanged)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $21,500 (unchanged)
To bulk up for competition, what sport's athletes consume vast amounts of a traditional stew called chankonabe?
A - curling
B - sumo wrestling
C - squash
D - swimming
Spoiler
"Chankonabe sounds like a Japanese word and sumo wrestling...sumo wrestlers bulk up for competition."
Spoiler
Answer: B (sumo wrestling)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $36,500
Value: $15,000
Bank: $36,500
In real estate listings, "a/g pl" stands for a swimming pool that is what?
A - avant-garde
B - artificial gold
C - argyle
D - aboveground
Denise says she'll take any pool.
Spoiler
Answer: D (aboveground)
Value: $100
Bank: $36,600
Value: $100
Bank: $36,600
Question #10 (Rebellious Moments - Level 8)
The 1846 uprising by California settlers against Mexican rule is better known as what?
A - Bear Flag Revolt
B - Green Corn Rebellion
C - Know-Nothing Riot
D - Black Patch War
Denise says she's leaning toward something. Meredith asks what. She replies that
Spoiler
the California flag has a bear on it. The settlers would be revolting against Mexican rule.
Spoiler
Answer: A (Bear Flag Revolt)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $38,600
Value: $2,000
Bank: $38,600
$100K - Which of the following words is used to describe when someone raises the price of a house as a contract is being signed?
A - wazump
B - shazump
C - gazump
D - fazump
Meredith tells Denise that on the last question she risked $18,000, but now she'd only be risking about $13,000. Denise has no idea; she's never heard any of these words. Meredith says she needs to learn it since she's thinking about buying a house. It's a good question to guess on. She notes the options, and decides to guess. She doesn't think it's
Spoiler
wazump because that sounds too much like "wazzup". She thinks it might be gazump because the price "goes up".
Spoiler
C (gazump)
Aside from the house, Denise would like to pay off medical bills by writing a single check. But if she has to choose, she wants the house so her 4-year old son has some place to run around. Denise hasn't looked back at her mother because she'd cry. She knows that her mother is super proud of her.
$250K - Thanks to a giant crater on its surface, what Saturnian moon is often said to resemble the Death Star from the movie "Star Wars"?
A - Rhea
B - Mimas
C - Hyperion
D - Titan
"Giant crater, Saturnian moon, Death Star...there's no hints in there," Denise says. "I just have to know this answer, and I don't." She'll walk away with $100,000.
Spoiler
B (Mimas)
THE END OF GAME "NOISE"
